﻿* {
    /* 
    Defines the main font used throughout the entire site 
  */
    font-family: Arial, Sans-Serif;
}

body {
    /* 
    Clears white space around the body and gives it a dark gray color.
  */
    margin: 0;
    background-color: #cccccc;
}

a {
    /*
    Clears the underline on normal links, and gives them a purple text color.
  */
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #4628C4;
}

    a:hover {
        /*
    Underlines links when the user hovers the mouse over them.
  */
        text-decoration: underline;
    }

h1 {
    /*
    Makes h1 elements smaller than their browser default.
  */
    font-size: 20px;
}

h2 {
    /* 
    Gives h2 elements a different background color and size, 
    and adds a bit of margin at the top to create room between the heading and the preceding element.
  */
    font-size: 14px;
    color: #7773A1;
    margin-top: 10px;
}

#PageWrapper {
    /*
    Sets the total width for the entire page. Also sets the background-color
    which is used to fill the background of the Sidebar in case the MainContent block is taller than the Sidebar.
    Uses margin: auto to center the entire page in the middle of the browser's window.
  */
    width: 844px;
    background-color: #7773A1;
    margin: auto;
}

#Header {
    /*
    Gives the header the same width as the PageWrapper. The height creates some room for the logo
    that is set with the background-image.
  */
    background-image: url(Images/Header.jpg);
    width: 844px;
    height: 86px;
}

    #Header a {
        /*
    The #Header a is a link nested in #Header. It provides a link back to the homepage.
    The size of the link is the same as the header, so the entire header is clickable.
  */
        width: 844px;
        height: 86px;
        display: block;
    }

#MenuWrapper {
    /*
    The menu spans the page width, right below the header.
    At the top and left a few pixels padding is applied to create some room.
  */
    background-image: url(Images/MenuBackground.jpg);
    width: 827px;
    height: 36px;
    padding-top: 7px;
    padding-left: 17px;
}

    #MenuWrapper a {
        /*
    Links in the Menu are white. This gets overriden by styles in chapter 7.
  */
        color: #fff;
    }

.MainMenu {
    /*
    The Menu gets a white border on all four sides.
  */
    border: 1px solid white;
    width: 814px;
    height: 19px;
    background-color: #cccccc;
}

    .MainMenu ul li {
        /*
    Gives the four menu items in the main menu a width of 200px each
  */
        width: 200px;
    }

#MainContent {
    /*
    Defines the main content area. The #MainContent element has a minimum height of 500 pixels, but can grow if necessary.
    The font-size is 80% of its parent element, which in this case comes down to 80% of the font
    the user has specified as the default font in the browser.
  */
    font-size: 0.8em;
    width: 659px;
    border-left: 1px solid white;
    border-right: 2px solid white;
    float: left;
    background-color: #e1e1e1;
    min-height: 500px;
    padding: 10px;
}

#Sidebar {
    /*
    The Sidebar is positioned to the right of the MainContent area. It gets the same font-size as #MainContent
    and gets a background image called Sidebar.jpg. To ensure the image is visible in (most) browsers
    on a small page, the element gets a minimum height of 500px. This is ignored by IE 6.
  */
    font-size: 0.8em;
    color: White;
    background-image: url(Images/Sidebar.jpg);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-color: #7773A1;
    width: 142px;
    min-height: 500px;
    padding-top: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
    padding-left: 20px;
    float: left;
}

#Footer {
    /*
    The footer is positioned below all other content (yet still within PageWrapper).
    clear: both is used to clear the impact of the float properties used for #MainContent and #Sidebar.
  */
    width: 844px;
    clear: both;
    height: 37px;
    background-color: #BCD1FE;
    color: White;
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 0.7em;
    font-weight: bold;
    line-height: 37px;
}

.Introduction {
    font-style: italic;
    color: #3e3e3e;
}

.MyButton {
    color: white;
}
